Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-09-07

OBJECT creature. In seeing Miss Gene
We've, however they imagined that
they had caught glimpse Of one Of
the houris of Mahomet's paradise.
Vanity, the great feminine weakness,
could not allow Miss Genevieve to re-
main insensible to the mute homage
rendered on every side. AS she was
riding along, q smile of triumph on
her lips she was thunderstruck on
hearing ip pure French this exclama-
ton:
What g. pretty girl! What divine
mistress she would bel"
Stung to the quick by this brutal re-
mark the young girl turned to the side
whence it had come. Raising her rid
ing whip, she was about to chastise
the insolent person who had uttered
the words, but let it fall abruptly
without inhicting the intended blow,
and rode off at a gallop. Raoul, who
had heard and seen all, soon over
took her, and the riders disappeared
in q cloud Of dust raised by the horses
feet.
Algiers has assumed q holiday ap.
pearance. The brilliantly colored lam
tween Bab-Azoun and Bab-el-Ou
Illuminated the streets, making them
light as day. In the Government
Square q military band is discoursing
sweet music, g. grateful relief
after the sing-song of the muezzin,
chanting to the four points OF the
compass from the roof of the grand
mosque. At the right hand corner,
facing the sea, stands the Cafe de la
Perle, where the better class of citi-
zens are accustomed to meet. just
as the last notes of 'sIl Trovatore"
are dying away Raoul appeared in
the saloon. Casting g. searching look
about the place he walked straight to
g. round table where three Arabs were
silently slipping an iced beverage.
pardon me, Lieutenant" said he,
addressing himself to one of the three,
"was it not you who said at the races
q while ago, What a pretty girl!
what divine mistress she would be ="
In reply to this question, but in g.
very low tone of voice, one of the ma
tives, an imposing-looking Arab with
g. turban on his head and attired in
the red spencer of an officer of spahis,
the Cross of the Legion of Honor
sparkling on his breast, arose and
said;
eyes sir; it was L"
"Well, Lieutenant, the woman you
insulted would have chastised you, as
you so well merited, had not the sight
OF that cross you wear there checked
her hand. What she would not do will,
because l deem you unworthy of wear
ing that cross"
With these words Raoul snatched
off the emblem and threw it upon the
table.
The insult was too public for those
around to remain quiet. Everybody
arose and awaited in great agitation
the answer of the spahi. The Arab
made no motion. For while the two
adversaries stood facing each other
in silence; then Raoul turned on his
heel and walked OFF before those around
had recovered from their stupor.
Some, prompted by feeling of dis
dain Tor the conquered race, approved
the insult, while others could not find
words enough to express their censure
OF an act that dragged the Legion of
Honor into private quarrel, the
cause of which ali ignored. The insult
ed officer exchanged q few words in
Arabic with his two companions, who
arose quietly, and the three passed in
silence through the crowd, which
seemed to be assuming a threatening
aspect.
The news of the scandal soon spread
throughout the city, and as is usual
IN such cases. two parties were formed.
The colonists supported Raoul. The
officers, actuated by q feeling of fellow
ship, felt aggrieved by the insult offered
one Of their number, even though the
offended person was q native. The
women were especially bitter against
Raoul, either because of jealousy, born
Of feeling of envy of the beauty of
Miss Genevieve, whom they accused of
being too free in her ways, or through
sympathy for the caid of Boghari,
Ahmed-bel-Adi, one of the best known
officers in the colony.
In fact, Ahmed-bel- Adj had been
brought up partly in Algiers and part
~ in Paris, at the school of Saint Cyr.
He had often fought like q hero under
the French flag, and had won his
cross In g. recent engagement with the
rebellious Hadjoutes. This mingling
of the Partisan with the Arab, seen
even in his dress, added to the interest
he awakened, actuated as it was by his
Oriental profile and his European
pronunciation.
Just before dawn the next morning
a sentry, posted in the Lower Musta-
pha quarter, saw several bodies of
horsemen, civilians aswell as military
men, riding in the direction of the
Maison Carree. Daylight revealed an
unusual scene going on in the plain
near Raoul's house. Lists were being
closed as in the palmy days of chival-
ry. The caid and his antagonist, both
mounted on superb charges, facing
each other at distance of about 200
metres apart, awaited the signal for
the onset, while those who attended
through curiosity fanked the lists, a
prey to varying emotions.
The conditions of the duel made the
fight a. SeriOus MATTER cOnsOnant To